This may sound strange but I was thinkin' about Michelle when I read this article from the New York Times....date line Harrisburg, PA, 2/20/2010 "Falling Further Behind" by Bob Herbert......This article is about how Pennsylvania is suffering due to this stinking, sinking Great Recession or whatever ya wanna call it that has devastated this country. How the schools/infrastructure of PA is running into the ground! We are in such a sad state in this country.....it's hard to hold our heads up and keep goin'..........We need NEW infrastructure.......NEW energy sources.........NEW bridges......NEW roads.........NEW rail lines........and so much more to keep this country a developed one. How many times do we have to learn lessons about renewal and that we need to join the rest of the world in standing up for each other's well being and getting REAL healthcare reform with a public option. Americans on here and peoples around the world know what it's like to be cut loose from an employer and left hanging by a thread........every state in this country including California where I've lived all my life has enormous troubles with rising costs of something as basic as healthcare........I am feeling ill and sad and want peace on here just like Jon Luini said.....Let's all embrace each other in a collective hug....

Love,

Whomever posted the Up in Smoke link will soon owe me 10 bucks...now I have to buy that DVD!!

elpp...hehe was me, dont shoot i,m not armed... i say get all of the SOB.s shitfaced, give em a slan party bag...includes- nicebig ol grass joint laced with a powdered E & 40 fresh picked celtic shrooms for mid day plus bottle o Tequila...t go....that load would love up the dark lord himself!!!

Back t reality....I dont see the big deal about smokin a lil weed, helped me a lot in my younger years working through boring repetition of scales etc although i,m with Ethn in that i prefer now not t be around any of it, especially spiritual ego stoner types "hey man lets say a prayer to the tractor man" has me runnin t the bar!

Ah the usual virtual bloodshed on T2J. Must be all the spacecake.

Anyways: video interview with the virtuoso David "Fingers" Haynes, the amazing fingerdrummer! Check it out, he's a lot on Youtube too. But first time he shows and explains some of his technique.

Dream3 - thanks!

Glitzy - OK so you're in Indiana right? So you're 16 hours behind Melbourne and so is New York.

LA/San Fran, Oregon etc is 19 hours behind Melbourne.

Copenhagen, Amsterdam and Barcelona are 10 hours behind Melbourne.

London and Dublin are 11 hours behind Melbourne.

So........by my calculations

Melbourne 8:00am =

New York/Indiana/PA 4:00pm the day before
LA/San Fran/Oregon 1:00pm the day before
Europe 10:00pm the day before
London/Ireland 9:00pm the day before

I think. How does that sound?

Say "aye" if that is a possibility for you for the Great Mass Satch Chat and then we can pick a date.

Well nighty night world.

My name and description in yer phone. My friend saw it too. Maybe you were to high to remember, but I bet yer just not man enough to admit it. Whatever dude. Move on.

Anyways, happy Tuesday people! It's gonna be a great day! Finally getting some rain instead of snow.

Grant....I'm still waiting for Russell to get the boot. He seems less cocky ths time around, but then again, it's very early in the game.

Joe is everywhere

EDIT: just checked my link & Joe WAS on the Music for Schools advert, but it's now showing as Santana...

slanshroom the brown al bum .. will it end with the brown note and feature the brown sound? :)

I've debated all night whether to say anything or not, cuz really, this needs to end and I fear saying anything at all will just keep it going....but....

Coupla things. Axe, you might be forgetting that it was actually me you had an issue with, less than 3 years ago. I was the one who asked here on t2j why you would sell a free ticket that you won in that contest, and you let loose on me in an email. Really nasty. Michelle came into it after that, in my defense. But she didn't start it, I did, with my question to you. I don't recall you ever apologizing, as you've said you did, not once about that...in fact you said you stood by everything you said. That's fine, wasn't looking for one then or now...and I moved along and tried not to cause any more waves with you because you can be very volatile.

Secondly, I was the friend at the show who saw you texting about Michelle, and I believe it was to Mari. She was also the person who told you about how if you eat dinner at any HOB the day of a show, you have the right to "SKIP THE LINE" and get in first. We actually expected Mari to be there at that show, but I guess something happened and she wasn't able to go after all. So yes, you were texting about Michelle, for whatever reason, curiousity, or whatever, I dunno.

I'm also the person you pushed out of the way in order to be at the barrier for that show. Then the entire night you held up your arms with your video or still cameras and blocked my view over and over again, and when I was trying to record a quick video of the stage set-up for my son before the show ever started, you waved your hand in front of my camera deliberately to ruin the video and demanded to know what I was doing and why. You've mentioned before in chat how "it pays to be nice" and there's no reason to be rude to people. That's for sure my philosophy, especially at shows....if you're kind and considerate to people around you, they all have a good time with you, not just you enjoying the show at everyone else's expense.

Your comments about what Michelle looks like are just plain rude....I won't try to tell you they are also not true, because to each his own with appearance and you're lashing out in any way you can. She is my friend, and is a beautiful person who would bend over backwards for almost anyone, but who also won't take crap from anyone either.

No attempt here to start or perpetuate a war, just couldn't stay quiet when I know things are being twisted or denied when they did happen. No one has to believe me over anyone else. Or even comment.